December 16, 2009
Belen Consolidated Schools board members last night approved the purchase of a truck for transporting frozen and refrigerated foods, a purchase the board had swiftly voted down when it came up in August. The district’s Student Nutrition Department said in August it needed the truck to meet federal mandates for food safety. The board denied [...]
December 15, 2009
The Los Lunas Schools Board of Education tonight delayed the architectural design of Valencia High School’s new field house after a board member questioned if the district could squeeze more than a field house out of money allocated for the project. Board Member Christopher Martinez said during discussion tonight that he would like the district [...]
December 15, 2009
The Belen Consolidated Schools Board of Education voted unanimously tonight to approve a policy that allows the children of district employees to spend time at work with their parents, gutting language that had suggested employees’ children would be banned from district workplaces. The district has always allowed employees’ children at work but decided months back [...]
December 05, 2009
The Belen High School Eagles lost the state football 4A championship game to Goddard High School this afternoon, giving fans a fourth quarter rally that tied the game with two minutes to go. The Eagles started the fourth quarter down 21-7. On a fourth down, the Eagles faked a punt and got the first down [...]
December 04, 2009
Tonight’s Belen High School state football 4A championship game against Goddard High School has been postponed because of snow in Roswell. The game has been rescheduled to tomorrow, with the kickoff at 2:00pm at Belen High School. All Roswell Independent School District schools were closed today because of inclement weather, which forced the postponement of [...]
November 30, 2009
The New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) is working to establish school liaisons between its Valencia County office and local schools, reacting to blunt and harsh criticisms from school employees during town halls held in response to an increase in high-profile child abuse and neglect. Arleen Lucero who runs the Valencia County CYFD [...]
November 12, 2009
Los Lunas Schools board members broke ground today on a nearly $14-million renovation and new classroom construction project at Bosque Farms Elementary School. “This process has been a long time coming,” said Bosque Farms Elementary Principal Ron Hendrix. “We’re very, very excited we’ve got our new building started.” Bosque Farms Elementary School is a mix [...]
November 10, 2009
Belen has a visible sense of community pride these days, thanks to the Belen High School Eagles football team winning all of its games during the regular season, including its three district games. Around Belen over the last few weeks, business marquees and windows have been painted with images and words of encouragement for the [...]
November 06, 2009
Students from the School of Dreams Academy (SODA) who were picking up trash during a school project stumbled across a meth lab hidden in brush, using the experience to help inspire a cleaner Valencia County. “It was just disgusting. It was also a huge health hazard,” said Stormie Sanchez, a SODA student. “It’s so sad [...]
November 03, 2009
The Belen Consolidated Schools Board of Education this morning agreed to purchase Auge’s property, the once booming new car dealership that in recent years transitioned to a used car outfit, with the district planning to use the site for a new bus compound. “One of the real advantages of this property is that it’s going [...]